Ed Case on Abortion

• Voted YES on allowing human embryonic stem cell research. (May 2005)
• Voted NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions. (Apr 2005)
• Voted NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime. (Feb 2004)
• Voted NO on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life. (Oct 2003)
• Voted NO on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research. (Feb 2003)
• Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Emergency contraception for rape victims at all hospitals. (Sep 2006)

Ed Case on Budget & Economy

• Voted YES on restricting bankruptcy rules. (Jan 2004)

Ed Case on Civil Rights

• Supported Patriot Act to provide law enforcement tools. (Aug 2006)
• Voted NO on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman. (Jul 2006)
• Voted YES on making the PATRIOT Act permanent. (Dec 2005)
• Voted NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage. (Sep 2004)
• Voted NO on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance. (Sep 2004)
• Voted NO on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration. (Jun 2003)
• Shift from group preferences to economic empowerment of all. (Aug 2000)

Ed Case on Corporations

• Voted NO on replacing illegal export tax breaks with $140B in new breaks. (Jun 2004)
• Rated 48% by the US COC, indicating a mixed business voting record. (Dec 2003)

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Ed Case on Education

• Voted YES on allowing Courts to decide on "God" in Pledge of Allegiance. (Jul 2006)
• Voted YES on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges. (Mar 2006)
• Offer every parent Charter Schools and public school choice. (Aug 2000)
• Rated 100% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes. (Dec 2003)

Ed Case on Energy & Oil

• Investigate the oil companies & reinstate the CAF� standards. (Aug 2006)
• Voted YES on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore. (Jun 2006)
• Voted NO on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries. (Jun 2006)
• Voted NO on authorizing construction of new oil refineries. (Oct 2005)
• Voted NO on passage of the Bush Administration national energy policy. (Jun 2004)
• Voted NO on implementing Bush-Cheney national energy policy. (Nov 2003)
• Supports tradable emissions permits for greenhouse gases. (Aug 2000)
• Establish greenhouse gas tradeable allowances. (Feb 2005)

Ed Case on Environment

• Voted YES on increasing AMTRAK funding by adding $214M to $900M. (Jun 2006)
• Voted NO on barring website promoting Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump. (May 2006)
• Voted NO on deauthorizing "critical habitat" for endangered species. (Sep 2005)
• Voted NO on speeding up approval of forest thinning projects. (Nov 2003)
• Rated 90% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes. (Dec 2003)

Ed Case on Families & Children

• Voted YES on establishing nationwide AMBER alert system for missing kids. (Apr 2003)
• Give parents tools to balance work and family. (Aug 2000)
• Rated 8% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-family voting record. (Dec 2003)

Ed Case on Foreign Policy

• Voted YES on deterring foreign arms transfers to China. (Jul 2005)
• Voted NO on reforming the UN by restricting US funding. (Jun 2005)
• Progressive Internationalism: globalize with US pre-eminence. (Aug 2000)

Ed Case on Free Trade

• Voted NO on implementing CAFTA, Central America Free Trade. (Jul 2005)
• Voted NO on implementing US-Australia Free Trade Agreement. (Jul 2004)
• Voted YES on implementing US-Singapore free trade agreement. (Jul 2003)
• Voted YES on implementing free trade agreement with Chile. (Jul 2003)
• Build a rule-based global trading system. (Aug 2000)

Ed Case on Government Reform

• Voted YES on restricting independent grassroots political committees. (Apr 2006)
• Voted NO on prohibiting lawsuits about obesity against food providers. (Oct 2005)
• Voted YES on limiting attorney's fees in class action lawsuits. (Feb 2005)
• Voted YES on restricting frivolous lawsuits. (Sep 2004)
• Voluntary public financing for all general elections. (Aug 2000)
• Prohibit non-legislated earmarks. (Jul 2005)

Ed Case on Gun Control

• Voted NO on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers. (Oct 2005)
• Voted NO on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse. (Apr 2003)
• Prevent unauthorized firearm use with "smart gun" technology. (Aug 2000)

Ed Case on Health Care

• Let small businesses pull together resources in health plans. (Aug 2006)
• Support drugs re-importation and bulk purchases of drugs. (Aug 2006)
• Voted NO on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay. (Feb 2006)
• Voted NO on limiting medical malpractice lawsuits to $250,000 damages. (May 2004)
• Voted NO on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients. (Nov 2003)
• Voted YES on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs. (Jul 2003)
• Voted YES on small business associations for buying health insurance. (Jun 2003)
• Voted NO on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits. (Mar 2003)
• Establish "report cards" on HMO quality of care. (Aug 2000)
• Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record. (Dec 2003)

Ed Case on Homeland Security

• Voted NO on allowing electronic surveillance without a warrant. (Sep 2006)
• Voted YES on continuing intelligence gathering without civil oversight. (Apr 2006)
• Voted YES on federalizing rules for driver licenses to hinder terrorists. (Feb 2005)
• Voted YES on continuing military recruitment on college campuses. (Feb 2005)
• Voted YES on adopting the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission. (Oct 2004)
• Voted YES on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan. (Apr 2003)
• Rated 100% by SANE, indicating a pro-peace voting record. (Dec 2003)

Ed Case on Immigration

• Voted NO on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project. (Jun 2006)
• Voted NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment. (May 2004)
• Rated 0% by FAIR, indicating a voting record loosening immigration. (Dec 2003)

Ed Case on Jobs

• Voted NO on end offshore tax havens and promote small business. (Oct 2004)
• Rated 86% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)

Ed Case on Principles & Values

• Our future is now!. (Jan 2006)
• Supports Hyde Park Declaration of "Third Way" centrism. (Aug 2000)
• Member of Democratic Leadership Council. (Nov 2007)

Ed Case on Social Security

• Oppose Social Security privatization, lockbox the trust fund. (Aug 2006)
• Create Retirement Savings Accounts. (Aug 2000)
• Rated 80% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record. (Dec 2003)

Ed Case on Tax Reform

• Bush tax cuts unaffordable; targeted middle-class cuts ok. (Aug 2006)
• Voted NO on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends. (Dec 2005)
• Voted YES on providing tax relief and simplification. (Sep 2004)
• Voted NO on making permanent an increase in the child tax credit. (May 2004)
• Voted YES on permanently eliminating the marriage penalty. (Apr 2004)
• Rated 29% by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes. (Dec 2003)

Ed Case on War & Peace

• Oppose a timetable of troops withdrawal from Iraq. (Aug 2006)
• Do not need a draft but the military has been stretched. (Aug 2006)
• Voted YES on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date. (Jun 2006)
• Voted YES on approving removal of Saddam & valiant service of US troops. (Mar 2004)

Ed Case on Welfare & Poverty

• Voted YES on providing $70 million for Section 8 Housing vouchers. (Jun 2006)
• Voted NO on promoting work and marriage among TANF recipients. (Feb 2003)
• Finish welfare reform by moving able recipients into jobs. (Aug 2000)